Friday, October 9, 2015

Corruption and morals in Iraq and saving civilian lives

Iraq knows that Russia
doesn’t care about corruption. Iraq
knows Russia doesn’t care about civilian shields. So Iraq would like Russia to go after ISIS
there.

The US is a major pain in
the ass to the Iraqi government with its unrelenting effort to reduce
corruption. It is a disastrous fact
that corruption in the Iraqi government and military have prevented the Iraqi
army from being up for retaking Anbar province.
Ground troops are necessary when you are unwilling to bomb when civilian
shields are used. It is Iraq for
Mohammed’s sake so Iraq needs to step up to the plate with ground troops.

ISIS knows Russia doesn’t
care about civilian shields. After
attacking and killing civilians and letting it be known through the underground
that this will continue, it actually
saves civilian lives because ISIS will stop using civilian shields as doing
so does require resources. The problem for
the US is the world has a double standard.
The world would come down on the US with anvils if the US ignored
civilian shields and ISIS knows this and would continue to use them until the
US relented. Same with Israel. But any other country can do it with
impunity.

The burden of being exceptional can be high. And the American public can't handle the reality of war.